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Understanding rising income inequality in Germany
Biewen, Martin; Juhasz, Andos - 2010
We examine the causes for rising income inequality in Europe's most populous economy. From 2000 to 2006, Germany … experienced an unprecedented rise in net equivalized income inequality and poverty. At the same time, unemployment rose to record …. Other factors that possibly contributed to the rise in income inequality were changes in the tax system, changes in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272658
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Understanding rising income inequality in Germany
Biewen, Martin; Juhasz, Andos - 2010
We examine the causes for rising income inequality in Europe’s most populous economy. From 2000 to 2006, Germany … experienced an unprecedented rise in net equivalized income inequality and poverty. At the same time, unemployment rose to record …. Other factors that possibly contributed to the rise in income inequality were changes in the tax system, changes in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008688886
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Simulations of full-time employment and household work in the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty (LIMTIP) for Argentina, Chile, and Mexico
Masterson, Thomas - 2012
The method for simulation of labor market participation used in the LIMTIP models for Argentina, Chile, and Mexico is described. In each case, all eligible adults not working full-time were assigned full-time jobs. In all households that included job recipients, the time spent on household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009557672
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Quality of statistical match and simulations used in the estimation of the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Consumption Poverty (LIMTCP) for Turkey in 2006
Masterson, Thomas - 2013
The quality of match of the statistical match used in the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Consumption Poverty (LIMTCP) estimates for Turkey in 2006 is described. The match combines the 2006 Zaman Kullanim Anketi (ZKA 2006) with the 2006 Hanehalki Bütçe Anketi (HBA 2006). These are the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009768659
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Quality of statistical match and employment simulations used in the estimation of the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty (LIMTIP) for South Korea, 2009
Masterson, Thomas - 2014
The quality of match of the statistical match used in the LIMTIP estimates for South Korea in 2009 is described. The match combines the 2009 Korean Time Use Survey (KTUS 2009) with the 2009 Korean Welfare Panel Study (KWPS 2009). The alignment of the two datasets is examined, after which various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260079
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Quality of match for statistical matches used in the development of the Levy Institute Measure of time and Consumption Poverty (LIMTCP) for Ghana and Tanzania
Rios-Avila, Fernando - 2016
This document presents a description of the quality of match of the statistical matches used in the LIMTCP estimates prepared for Ghana and Tanzania. For Ghana, the statistical match combines the Living Standards Survey Round 6 (GLSS6) with the Ghana Time Use Survey (GTUS) 2009, and for Tanzania...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011535841
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Measuring Poverty in the Case of Buenos Aires : why time deficits matter
Antonopoulos, Rania; Esquivel, Valeria; Masterson, Thomas; … - 2016
We describe the production of estimates of the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty (LIMTIP) for Buenos Aires, Argentina, and use it to analyze the incidence of time and income poverty. We find high numbers of hidden poor-those who are not poor according to the official measure but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011459024
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Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Used in the Development of the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty (LIMTIP) for Argentina, Chile, and Mexico
Masterson, Thomas - 2011
The quality of match of three statistical matches used in the LIMTIP estimates for Argentina, Chile, and Mexico is described. The first match combines the 2005 Uso del Tiempo (UT 2005) with the 2006 Encuesto Annual de Hogares (EAH) for Argentina. The second match combines the 2007 Encuesta...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119423
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Simulations of Full-Time Employment and Household Work in the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty (LIMTIP) for Argentina, Chile, and Mexico
Masterson, Thomas - 2012
The method for simulation of labor market participation used in the LIMTIP models for Argentina, Chile, and Mexico is described. In each case, all eligible adults not working full-time were assigned full-time jobs. In all households that included job recipients, the time spent on household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104087
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Global Poverty Estimates : A Sensitivity Analysis
Dhongde, Shatakshee - 2014
Current estimates of global poverty vary substantially across studies. In this paper we undertake a sensitivity analysis to highlight the importance of methodological choices in estimating global poverty. We measure global poverty using different data sources, parametric and nonparametric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013067436